The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1898, Page 1

The VOLUME LXXXIII. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1898. - HOLDS THE KEY T0 THE SITUATION Uncle Sam a Most Important Factor in Far East. Now Has a Commanding Position in the Big Fight. By Shrewd Diplomacy This Country Can Gain Many Concessions. PLANS FOR SUPREMACY. Russia, Germany and France Ac- tively Negotiating for the Support of the United States. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Feb.7.—Accordingto a special dispatch from Shang- hai, Admiral Sir Alexander Bul- lock, commander-in-chief of the British fleet on the Chinastation, has arrived there, and an impor- tant exchange of views by cable has occurred between him, the British Minister at Peking, Sir Claude MacDonald, and the Ad- miralty. The correspondent of the Times at Kobe, Japan, says: The Ko- rean Government has adopted a resolution that no railway con- n shall be granted to for- ers. The Japanese Minister M. Kato Masua, will t the contract for the Secul-Fusan under an L August, 1894, without delay. ER-E-2-3-3-3-F-3-3 332 K-F-F-F-2-FaF=2eFuEug=Er} =R-R-2-3-2-F%-X.} OOOOOOOOOQGGGQGQGQQQC&QOfifi VIEW OF TING-HAI, CHUSAN ISLAND. This is a strategic point commanding the mouth of the Yang-Tse-Kiang and the approaches to Shanghai, which:the British admiral is about to occupy, under orders from his Government, as an offset to Russia’s occupation of Port Arthur. flicts lent -4 LONDON, Feb. orth y between Arta and Do . Eight thousand Turkish troops » engaged in the conflicts t is reported that in the neighbor- f Palaskastron the Turks were TURKISH TROOPS. Eight Thousand Ottoman Regulars Engage in Con- flicts, and Have Occupied and Burned Four Villages, Causing Consternation. of Ty 1 b 'PEASANTS FIGHT ATHENS, Feb. 6.—Sanguinary con-! menced, indicating that the balcony was continue between troops and the peasants in Thessaly. It is reported that the Turks have cc- cupied several villages, and that a hun- dred persons have been killed 7.—The Athens corre- f the Times says: K the Turkish the Agrapha Acarnania, A panic prevails among the tants of the atpe situation is « * that the Cretan question wiil »d until wen secured le correspondent of andidacy of PANIC hav neutral zone. The been strengthened, the nous. It evacuation c AUSED BY is of A FALLING BALCONY Aw wiy A (&Y Tw e Hundred Dan 'LIVERPOOL LINE STEAMER SALT LAKE, Feb. 6.—A special to the Tribune from Butte, Mont., says: Information received from Lethbridge, on the Canadian boundary, is to the effect that great excitement has been caused there by orders received from the Dominlon Government that every man of th 1 police hold himseid in readiness to proceed to the Yukon at a moment's notice for temporary duty. Superinten celved notice to go 1o McLeod to re- ns In the gallery | ileve Major Steele, who was ordered to serfous injuries. ' the Yukon and had left for tiat place Pty pre cahers, however, were PaM- | putore the arrival of the second mes- sage. Five men also were ordered to | the Yukon and left yesterday. The orders, which were received by wire by the officers in command from the division, are sald to be due to the existence of serious trouble bhetween | the Canadlan and United States au- falling, the large number of persons gathered underneath quickly stampeded toward the central portion of the hall, ! hn Krusfe behind. Krusie was ¢ the falling timbers and had musician seizing th brew it shut and fe-stricken dancers, ain catastrophe on hirty pe Krusie alone susta RUNS AGROUND | The Pennland Goes on the Shoals While Leaving the Port of : P‘hihdei_Phh- thorities in Alaska relative to the a PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6.—The Ameri- | qomnt by the Americans to get provis- car steamship nignd, which sai i fons into the Yukon free of duty, osten- sibly for the relief of distress, but in reality for sale to the highest bidders. VICTORIA, . 6—The steamer Queen left this morning with cver 500 miners for the Yy Nhe be fol- lowed to-morrow by th with ; over 200 more. Over 100 v N for the Yukon district v I yos terday Whitioek Winers K A nt Dean has re- | -IMAY TRY TO STOP THE RELIEF TRAIN. Canada Sending Mounted Police to the Yukon to Prevent the American Expedition From Reaching Dawson Without Paying Customs Duties. | Hinkle is not willing to commit his ves- sel to the fury of the storm now raging on the Pacific. Reports from Ft. Can- by station are that the wind off the coast is blowing seventy-five miles an hour and increasing. | The preasure of the public to secure accommodations on the Alaskan bound | steamers almost brought disaster to the | expedition at the start. The soldlers | had not seen their quarters until the | steamship was ready to leave port. When they found that all fifty-one of | them had been assigned to a low room | 20x25 feet between the decks they re- | monstrated. The quarters assigned | were on a level with the water line. Fifty-one men were expected to spend | five days there. Separated from them only by piles of freight were fifty horses and many dogs. A compromise was finally suggested, by which the soldiers were allowed to roll up in their blankets on the floor of first-class pariors and saloons. The cabin passengers gave unanimous con- sent. * At Astoria the quarters deserted by the soldlers were quickly filled up by new passengers. CRUELTIES HAVE FAILED TO REFORM. DENVER, Peb ade tate In Robert G “rgr o matron. by G €A sweeping change ¥ in the management of trinl School tor Girle, Cap Bmithers being placed i ’ i, with hie wife on reem ard of ¢ - B1ae Baritien which 19 investigaiag ARairs at the e 000000V ONO0000000000000000O0000000000 Call : PRICE FIVE -CENTS BELEW NOW ANXIOUS TO LEAD GUILTY Does Not Want a Trial and Wishes It Was All Over With. Makes Formal Confession of the Murder of Brother and Sister to the District Attorney and Other Officials. 00000000000 0000000000000000000000000 SUISUN, Feb. 6.—Frank Belew made a formal confession of the murder of his brother and sister to the District Attorney and other officers this morning. Just as he had finished Attorney Reese Clark and Arthur Belew came into the court- yard. Frank saw them and remarked : “There they are, but it’s too late now.” Constable B. F. Newby and John W. Bird called to see the prisoner to-day. He greeted them in a friendly way and shook hands. He corrected some of the points of their testi- mony as reported exclusively in The Call of Friday, but agreed in the main that all their chief statements were correct, To Newby and Bird he said : ““ do not want a trial. all over as soon as possible.”’ He made a somewhat modified statement to a Call re- porter in the evening, saying he was not sure which was the better course. Arthur Belew now believes his brother is guilty. He called on him early in the afternoon and had a loae talk, “Frank could not look at me while he was talking,” said Arthur, “and 1 felt sorry for him.” Reese Clark and Arthur Belew were with the prisoner just after he had made his confession to the officers. When he told them what he had done Clatk simply said: “You have made a mistake and | cannot do any more for you.” 3000000000000000000000000000000000003 PUBLIC CO%?ES%:’:K prepan " o Yo g Sy | “I don’t know why I did it, I don’t Pale, Trembling and Haunted, the know why I did It,” he said, #o sadly, #0_hopelessly that all whe heard the Prisoner Relates to Details of 7 His Crime. Words feit that the man had two sides to his nature. He certainly did not SUISUN, Feb. 6.—“This is the whole similite grief. and it seems hard to be- story of mv crimes,” sall Belew, pale, lleve that the man who committed so trembiing and haunted with the | #hocking a crime could feel such poig- shadow of his murders, as he arose to | nant grief. At times he was overcome sign a formal confession in the office of District Attorney Deviin at 9 o'clock with a flood of memories that almost this morning. Then the strange man 1 want to plead guilty and have it 0000000000000 000000000000000000000000 crushed him. Then he would recite any little thing in mitigation, as it it of stern and melting moods arcse relleved his troubled spirit, as when he and said 1 foel better feel as sobbingly sald: I tried to save Susie ., BENSHUNN sfer 1 did i1, | went and got a doo- SESSNRNNES ” % tor” Fora moment it seemed as if the DID FRANK BELEW @ man told the truth when he said be - ® o was sad and full of remorse while he ATTEMPT SUIKCIDE? ‘. st holding hs dylng sister's hand - S After Belew was told, 8t the very sut st of the » s, that be was une ISUN, Peb & e says Wateh wr et e ) and he rewsrds £ we R SLssfpTRNENANR